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Most NFL players only play for a few seasons. A large portion of collegiate players will end up with CTE. Enough high school players end up with CTE that we s
by alistairSH 5y ago
Most NFL players only play for a few seasons.
A large portion of collegiate players will end up with CTE. Enough high school players end up with CTE that we should be concerned.
https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2017/evidence-of-cte-found-in-brains-of-deceased-football-players/ https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2017/evidence-of-cte-fo...
- microtherion 5y agoLast year, there was a horrific Sports Illustrated article about the linebackers on the 1989 USC team: https://www.si.com/college/2020/10/07/usc-and-its-dying-linebackers https://www.si.com/college/2020/10/07/usc-and-its-dying-line... Of the 12 linebackers on the depth chart of that team that year, 5 were dead by 2020, all before the age of 50, with diagnosed or suspected CTE (and only one of them had gone on to play in the NFL).